Definition of Ceratitis capitata

1. Noun. Small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit.

Exact synonyms: Medfly, Mediterranean Fruit Fly
Generic synonyms: Fruit Fly, Pomace Fly
Group relationships: Ceratitis, Genus Ceratitis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceratitis Capitata

Cephissia
Cepphus
Cepphus columba
Cepphus grylle
Ceqli
Ceram Sea
Cerambycidae
Cerapteryx
Cerapteryx graminis
Cerastes cornutus
Cerastium
Cerastium alpinum
Cerastium arvense
Cerastium tomentosum
Ceratitis
Ceratitis capitata (current term)
Ceratodontidae
Ceratonia
Ceratonia siliqua
Ceratopetalum
Ceratopetalum gummiferum
Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllidae
Ceratophyllum
Ceratophyllus
Ceratopogon
Ceratopsia
Ceratopsidae
Ceratopteris
Ceratopteris pteridioides

Literary usage of Ceratitis capitata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1904)
"Ceratitis capitata Wied. "Peach-fly." This species was first recorded from Bermuda by Messrs. Riley and Howard as "A Peach Pest in Bermuda," Insect Life, ..."

2. Proceedings by Entomological Society of Washington (1913)
"PROCEEDINGS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY Ceratitis capitata Wied., is now pretty well distributed over the tropical and subtropical parts of the old world and ..."

3. St. Helena: The Historic Island from Its Discovery to the Present Date by E. L. Jackson (1903)
"At my request the insect has been identified by Mr. WFH Blandford, FRS, as a dipterous fly (Ceratitis capitata), known in Malta and elsewhere as the orange ..."

4. Elementary Textbook of Economic Zoology and Entomology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Rennie Wilbur Doane (1915)
"The Mediterranean Fruit-fly (Ceratitis capitata).—This is probably the most important fruit pest in the world. At the time this is being written it does not ..."

5. The Bermuda Islands: An Account of Their Scenery, Climate, Productions by Addison Emery Verrill (1902)
"Onion-fly; o, larva, nut. size; b, the same, enlarged; c, imago, enlarged 3 times ; after Packard. Figure 92.—Peach-fly (Ceratitis capitata) ; a, imago; 6, ..."

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